Fred W Boyd
Military
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UPL 36751
"Lt. Daniel A Shebeck and crew of the 358th Bomb Squadron, 303rd Bomb Group beside a Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" "Jersey Bounce". England, 27 July 1943."
Rear L-R: 2Lt Daniel A Shebeck, 2Lt Dwight M Curo, 2Lt Paul W. Campbell, 2Lt Charles W. Spencer
Front L-R: S/Sgt Frank F Perez, T/Sgt Mark E Tudor, T/Sgt Frank G Krajacic, S/Sgt Joseph Gross, S/Sgt Fred W Boyd, S/Sgt George W Buck
Rear L-R: 2Lt Daniel A Shebeck, 2Lt Dwight M Curo, 2Lt Paul W. Campbell, 2Lt Charles W. Spencer
Front L-R: S/Sgt Frank F Perez, T/Sgt Mark E Tudor, T/Sgt Frank G Krajacic, S/Sgt Joseph Gross, S/Sgt Fred W Boyd, S/Sgt George W Buck
B-17F #42-3192 was shot down by fighters enroute to target Gilz-Rijen A/F, Holland on 19 Aug 1943. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 284
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: City of Albuquerque
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 358th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Spartanburg, SC | 4 September 1921 | Son of Arthur Warren and Hattie Inez [Holcombe] Boyd. |
Enlisted |
Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC | 5 October 1942 | |
Other Baled out POW |
19 August 1943 | Shot down by fighters enroute to target Gilz-Rijen A/F, Holland on 19 Aug 1943. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 284 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems an der Donau, Austria | 19 August 1943 | Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15 |
Died |
Greenville, SC | 29 January 1969 | |
Based |
Molesworth | 19 August 1943 | Assigned to 358BS, 303BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, SC | Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC |
Revisions
Contributorjmoore43
Changes
Sources
Updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Fr…
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roster, MACR 0284, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol 1Pg 251